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Effect of niobium on corrosion resistance of 75Ti-x-25Ta-xNb alloy

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β-Ti alloys have been developed because have lower modulus than the titanium, which is desirable for orthopedic bone implants. Among the β-Ti stabilizers, Ta and Nb are preferred because of their biocompatibility. This work investigates the effect generated by the addition of Nb into the Ti25Ta alloy on the corrosion behavior under Hank’s solution. The alloys were fabricated by powder metallurgy and conventional sintering that promotes diffusion of Ta and Nb atoms into Ti, which generates a microstructure compose by β-Ti, α’-Ti, α’’-Ti, and α-Ti phases. The corrosion results indicate similar values of all alloys, which confirms that the microstructure is similar no matter the use of either of β-Ti stabilizers. Concluding that Nb will be better for bone implant applications because is lighter than the Ta.

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The authors would like to thank the CIC of the UMSNH and the National Laboratory SEDEAM-CONAHCYT, and CONAHCYT Grant CB-2017-2018-11813, for the financial support and the facilities provided for the development of this study.

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This research was supported by [the National Council of Humanities, Science and Technology CONAHCYT via PhD Scholarship of R. Macias, C. Fernandez and I. Alanis], Grant Number [CVU 789772, 1109416 and 737815].

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  1. Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico

    R. Macias, C. Fernandez-Salvador, I. Alanis-Fuerte & L. Olmos

  2. Tecnologico Nacional de México-IT Morelia, Morelia, Mexico

    P. Garnica-Gonzalez & J. Villalobos-Brito

  3. Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

    O. Jimenez & J. Chávez

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RM: Investigation; Methodology. PG: Project administration. JCV-B: Formal analysis. CF-S: Data curation. IA-F: Visualization; Image processing LO: Writing—original draft. OJ: Writing—review & editing. JC: Validation.

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Macias, R., Garnica-Gonzalez, P., Villalobos-Brito, J. et al. Effect of niobium on corrosion resistance of 75Ti-x-25Ta-xNb alloy. MRS Advances (2024). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43580-024-00767-7

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